I liked it, and my wife hated it!

Rating: 7/10 (7 July 2003)

Spoilers. I must give the British credit, for they know how to stretch a budget to its limits. My wife noticed the mansion they used was from the movie 'a bridge too far'. Anyway she hated this film, found it boring and would give it a 3. Myself, I found this movie entertaining. Forget about the science fiction premise, this movie is about the human condition and the effects of stress on it. My father says do gooders usually have the best intentions, but think with emotion instead of logic. This is the premise of what causes the end of civilized England, the story at the end gives clues that the island nation contained the virus, and stopped it. I love the thinking in this film especially the cute comment about eradiated food. Working at the post office I see daily how stress, desperation, and stupidity play on the human condition. The part where the survivors find the soldiers (not special forces but normal people) and what stress would do is accurate. Bad situations test peoples' character and brings the worst out. I believe the major had good intentions to begin with, trying to bring women in for his men, but creates a solution more terrible than the problem. Not enough women and TOO MANY MEN. I believe if the hero was not there to fight with them, then the soldiers would of started fighting with each other. Bars try to keep the ratio even, the Antarctic station banned women for fear of love triangles, and when it was lifted they had a murder love triangle afterwards. This film exploits this premise believably. People fighting over the leftovers. In the end, the film shows the virus only takes out our darker emotions of the infected when situations bring us into a rage. I give it 7 out of 10.